>>406850Japanese culture simply doesn’t support the idea of someone being an addict. It’s wrong kind of weakness there, and usually hidden out of the sight IRL. There are smokers, drinkers and substance users, but never distictively addicts.
The only acknowledged social issue today there is hikikomori, because the concept of otaku was stabilized and pulled back to it’s real state (because of the sheer number of otaku and their monetary effect on domestic industry).
Karoshi (forced workaholic who is literally worked to death) is really not yet socially acknowledged either, it’s just a formal reason why someone died.
You are a loser if you die because of work, that is.
